Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-03-11

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Kavanaugh call Jewell son OF -.
Jewell ran out into the yard. Kavanaugh
, said III cutyou --. Heard 'am. (JewelD
say, 81 dare YOU 81 dare you." Heard
the report of gun Three Of MS went
up. taking the lead. Thought axe IN
court the same rs saw there. Axe lean
: ing against the house. Did not see Chrlie
(Ward) Saw Kavanangh. Qnitea small
step before the house. Do not think from
JEWELS position he could have struck
any one standing in the door.
Cross examined 10y defense: First heard
the loud talking. Then saw man and a
woman Live about $50 yards OF, to-
wards Edinburg. Recognized the voice
Saw Jewell run into Kavanaugh's lot.
Heard Kavanaugh say, "rll cut you" --
sam (JeweD said. Il dare you" Heard
the shot.
GEORGE MARSHALL.
George Marshall, sworn, and testified
corroborating the evidence Of the two pre-
cedng witnesses.
On cross-examination, he became con-
fused, and was set aside. Court then adj
joumed until next day (wed nesday) at
AN
WEDNESDAY,.
Court opened Wednesday morning at 9
o'clock
MILTON COOPER.
Milton Cooper was sworn and testified
a. follows: live at Edinburg, and am
druggist. | do not know the prisoner
On the 9th day of January assisted in
aricsting Chas j.. Ward Mr. Linden
Allen aud myself left Wards house with
Kavauaugh lie promised to show us
where Ward was. Before We reached the
house stopped aud got something to eat
aud Pat and Allen went on to the house,
aud had gotten the boy (Ward) when /
/ got there. asked Chas. if he shot Jewell
and he said he did. told him he was in
a bad fix. Abont o'clock, =. m, was
behind Pat for some distance and he told
me that he shot him We brought him
(Ward) to Kavanaugh's and turned him
over to the sheriff.
On crOss-examination he stated that he
was deputzed to assist in arrcsting Ward.
lie Ward came willingly and voluntarily.
Il shot him" was all he said. He did not
say why he shot him. did not know
that Kavanaugh was Wards step.father.
We started for Buck Hill between II and
- o'clock The coroners jury had not
been convened yet. Pat said | will 60
with you and show you where he is, and
did go.
W. II. WIGHTMAN.
w. IT, Wightman, Sheriff, was sworn
and testified as follows am sheriff of
the county and reside at Edinburg. About
: o'clock q. m, on the 9th Of January
Mr. IIoltzman told me that Ward had
shot Jewell, at "Cat Hollow" and that
must 90 up there, which I did, and rode
up as close to the house az | could and
walked mp to where the man (Jewsll) was
lying and examined him. lie WAS on his
back with one leg bent under him. lie
vas nearly feet above the door towards
Mt, Jackson, and his feet were towards
the house. Examined the body and found
an egg.shaped hole in his side nearly three
inches in diameter assisted DR.. William
son aud found two ribs shot and broken
placed my hand in the wound about half
the length | got ont one shot looked
like they were No. Is. and gave it to
Williamson. ! went to Mt. Jackson, leav-
ing Mr. Cooper at the house and tele-
graphed 10 Woodstock (Whcn | first
arrived on the scene about twenty min
utes before o'clock, Mr.. Cooper being
with me, We found Mrs. Kavanaugh and
Mrs Jewell, but Pat and Chas. were not
therc) When / came back from Mt
jackson between II and - O'Clock. | found
about 30 OF 80 persons there, bnt Chas.
d. Ward was not present. l saw an axe
and gun, but did not see the gun when
/ went there first.
DIR. WILLIAMSON RECALLED.
Q.-"As an expert, DR.. Williamson, will
you please state. in yonr opinion, after
your examination Of the character Of the
wound Of Sam c. Jewell, the probable
distance from each other was the party,
c. D. Ward. who held the gun in his
bands, and discharged the same in and
upon the body Of Sam G. Jewell and
Jewell ?"
Al would say, from my examination
Of the wound, it was from to 10 feet
could not have been less than feet.
Court adjourned FOR dinner
AT THE SCENE or THE MURDER.
After dinner the court, attorneys, and
jury under charge Of the sheriff aud a
deputy, with several reporters. took the
wesibound 2:3l mail train for the scene Of
the murder, where a careful examination
Of the location, bindings, &c. was made.
The distance by measurement between
the house where Ward slept and the door
Of the lower house from which he shot,
was found To be 26 feet and inches, and
the distance from JEWELS house 10 the
building where he met his death was 80
/ feet. The distance from one blood stain
on side Of house to middle Of door was
feet 10 inches, aud from another blood
stain on building 10 middle Of same door
/ from which the fatal shot was fired, was
feet. After spending all the time neces-
sary on the ground, they returned on an
castbound train, and the court went into
session again.
SHERIFF W. II. WIGHTMAN
was put on the stand and his oxamna-
ton continued. / did not see Chas. Ward
until about o'clock in the afternoon,
when Messrs. Allen and Cooper brought
HIM in and turned him over to me. He
told me the position be was in when he
shot Jewell. He was standing with one
foot in the door and the other foot outside
with the gun at his hip. lie said he shot
him because he cursed his mother. In
the hack at Narrow Passage while on the
way to Woodstock, he said he shot him
because he called his mother a d
| W D.
Cross-cxamined After few unmport-
ant questions, Mr.. Wightman said, did
not see Ward until he was turned over to
me. | did not ask him any questions
about the trouble, he told me of his own
accord jewell was shot in the left SIDE.
! dressed him myself. The shot were all
in the left side, and big hole, and TWEEN
ty-hve shot outside. II he had been going
towards home he would have been shot in
| fba rioht side Found fhe AKA of Jewell